- #1 Soviet Village
97% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Adventure 15.3%, Exploration 10%, First-Person 9%, Realistic 8.4%
- #2 Night Clerk
95% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Arzolath®
Windows
Night Clerk is a first-person horror experience set in a quiet roadside motel. Monitor CCTV cameras, answer late-night calls, and uncover subtle anomalies as long stretches of silence slowly give way to unsettling patterns.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.3%, Adventure 16.1%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 9%, Realistic 8.7%
- #3 Hoiwa Hub
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: BeanKing Computer Entertainment
Windows
Horror Game made in Hong Kong. 1st POV walking simulator. Investigating weird case happened to next door. By Unreal Engine 5.2.1.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Adventure 16.8%, Realistic 10.8%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 7.7%
- #4 3Tower
95% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Wechselbalg Studio
Windows
3Tower is a first-person horror adventure experience where you play as a night watchman on the graveyard shift. You might explore what going on here, or you might survive the night shift. It's up to you. This is a dense deep exploration in natural fears of graveyards - but pushed to a new level.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Adventure 16.1%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Exploration 9.3%, Realistic 7.6%
- #5 Black Room
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SadOwl Studio
Windows
Black Room is a first-person psychological horror game focused on story and experience. What starts as a night in a motel will pull you deep within the human psyche, leaving you grasping for an exit – and not only for yourself.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Adventure 10%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Horror 9.3%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
- #6 The Maid
93% matchVery Positive81% of 170 reviews2025
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Adventure 11%, Realistic 9.9%, First-Person 9.6%, Exploration 9.5%
- #7 GhostlyRyokan
93% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
An abandoned inn where lost souls wander, your decision will determine its outcome.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.4%, Adventure 21.4%, Exploration 12.6%, First-Person 11.2%, Horror 8.2%
- #8 Fox Pines
92% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Smuttheir Studios
Windows
A short horror-experience made by a solo developer. Explore the abandoned Fox Pines park in search of your missing brother—but something is out here with you. Follow the trail he left behind, and track him down...if you can survive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.3%, Horror 11.4%, Exploration 11.3%, First-Person 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #9 Fragments of Fear
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pradyum Mistry
Windows
A VHS found-footage horror anthology where everyday chores become your worst nightmares. Experience a growing collection of bite-sized analog horror episodes, from a late-night trip to the laundromat to a terrifying walk home. Can you survive the mundane?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Exploration 12.5%, First-Person 9.9%, Adventure 8.3%, Horror 8.2%
- #10 THE EXPERIMENT: 49
91% matchMixed57% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Echo Forge
Windows
THE EXPERIMENT: 49 is a first-person horror game that immerses you in the depths of fear A dangerous experiment that escaped from HelixGen Labs has reached a family home deep in the forest. Your mission is to uncover the secrets hidden within the house, survive, and find a way to end this nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Realistic 10.1%, Adventure 10.1%, First-Person 9.1%
- #11 White Silence
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: TEStudio
Windows
After crashing in the winter wilderness, you wake up in the middle of a blizzard. The forest is dead, the roads are gone, communication is lost. The only chance of salvation is a village hidden in the snow.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.9%, Adventure 17.4%, Realistic 11.4%, Exploration 10.7%, First-Person 10.3%
- #12 The Forest Watches
88% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: RanSio
Windows
You are the newest member of a forest cult. Complete assigned rituals, obey their rules, and uncover the forest’s unsettling secrets. Every step is watched.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Adventure 17.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 10.1%, First-Person 8.1%
- #13 Jotunn - Day of Judgement
90% matchPositive87% of 46 reviews2022
Dev: Wetterfest
Windows
Alone you find yourself stranded in a dark and mysterious norse forest, tasked by the gods to acitvate the forests magical runestones to open the Serpent-Gate. But you are not alone. A vicious creature lurks in the shadows of the misty forest...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Adventure 13.3%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 8.3%
- #14 Playback Trauma®: The Dog
88% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Undying Joy
Windows
Your dog Marla got lost in the most terrifying forest in New Jersey while on a walk, and now it's up to you to find her. Search the area, clean up Marla's poop, and avoid the creatures that may be lurking in the darkness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, First-Person 15.2%, Adventure 13.2%, Exploration 9%
- #15 BLIND_SITE
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enigma Forge
Windows
Explore dark corridors, snap photos, and survive hostile entities hunting you. Use your camera's flash to reveal the way, but beware - each flash draws unwanted attention.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 9.1%, Realistic 8%
- #16 DEADLIST
86% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: sirpatch
Windows
A psychological survival horror game where you explore a shifting, haunted forest, uncover rituals, and fight to escape before madness consumes you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Exploration 12.1%, First-Person 8.1%, Adventure 7%
- #17 MITNAL
85% matchNo user reviews81% of 42 reviews2026
Dev: MixoNat
Windows
Play as Emily, drawn to a remote Mayan ruin after her brother insists it’s safe, amazing and beautiful. Explore an ancient Mayan site spanning jungle, temple, and catacombs as it becomes clear that he didn’t understand what he uncovered.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.3%, Adventure 16%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Exploration 9.2%, Realistic 8%
- #18 Limirama
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Limirama
Windows
You are a ghost forever trapped in endless worlds you never even knew existed. An atmospheric experience focused on slow pacing, exploration, and deep environmental immersion.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.3%, Adventure 17.8%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 9.8%, Realistic 9.5%
- #19 obakeyashiki
84% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Gattorocco
Windows
Find your way out of a haunted house like a maze. A first-person horror exploration adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.6%, Adventure 17.7%, Exploration 13.6%, Horror 11.6%, First-Person 10.7%
- #20 ❌ M A N D A T O R Y ✅
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Appnormals Team
Windows
- - - - - - - Your participation is NOT OPTIONAL ❌🔒 Productivity is key. 💻 🌣 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - COMPLIANCE is required. 📝 ✅
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.8%, Adventure 20.6%, Exploration 12.1%, First-Person 11.5%, Horror 9.4%
- #21 PLAYROOMS
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Winterblood games
Windows · Linux
Find a way out before you become a permanent part of the game. Your childhood nightmares have found you. Trapped in the endless, eerie playrooms of the Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.3%, Exploration 12.7%, First-Person 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Adventure 7.7%
- #22 Liminal Sick Pizza Blue
81% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: POCKET HORROR BOX
Windows
Make pizzas and deliver them. The hardest part of running the shop alone is that the delivery destinations are "liminal spaces." A story-driven 3D horror game. There is a kind of worst possible outcome that can only be born in infinite space. Once you understand it, it is already too late.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.2%, Adventure 13.8%, Exploration 11.9%, First-Person 10.5%, Horror 6.7%
- #23 The Lighthouse Whispers
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HEADWINDS
Windows
In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Adventure 17%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Exploration 8%
- #24 Poolcore: Submersion
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digital Oddities
Windows
Immerse yourself in poolcore-inspired vibes as you explore a vast complex of mind-bending liminal architecture straight out of your dreams. Navigate through a facility filled with obstacles and puzzles, venturing into depths that descend far below the rippling, chlorinated waters.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.6%, Adventure 17.2%, Exploration 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Realistic 8.3%
- #25 AEON DIRECTIVE: THE INTERVIEW
80% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: KiesFiesDev
Windows
50 binary questions. Infinite consequences. Observe every detail... the environment could change. Fail to notice an anomaly, and you fail the test. The further you progress, the more rooms you have to remember. Permadeath.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.9%, Adventure 13.7%, Exploration 11.9%, First-Person 11.4%, Horror 7.2%
- #26 HAIGLA
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: THOs Dev
Windows
Confined to a wheelchair, explore a hospital pulled into a distorted world beneath reality. A slow psychological horror focused on exploration, tension, and the unsettling atmosphere of this strange place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Adventure 16.1%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 9.3%, Realistic 9.2%
- #27 Insomnia: Chapter One
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Melon PolygonsPub: MonkeyFactory Media
Windows
2012. The Arctic research station "Persei" loses contact with the outside world. You are Ethan Miller, a technician sent to the facility to fix the issues. But something here has clearly gone out of control.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.6%, Adventure 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, First-Person 10.1%, Realistic 7.9%
- #28 Static Grain - Quiet a Night
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Helmold Games
Windows
Anna, an 18-year-old university freshman in a different city. Together with her friend, she rented a small apartment in the station district. They had no idea what would happen during their very first week in the new place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, First-Person 11.6%, Horror 11.2%, Exploration 10.4%
- #29 Fragments of Self: Thoughts
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nothing
Windows
My life has changed drastically: a new country, university, dormitory, work. Drowsiness and fatigue have become a habit, just like the silhouettes I’ve started seeing in my peripheral vision.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.5%, Adventure 18.6%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 10.1%, Mystery 6.5%
- #30 The Backrooms: Expedition
77% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Sylvester
Windows
Explore the world of backrooms from this solo developed game. explore creepy and eerie levels, and also calm and liminal levels, but be careful, you're not the only one there.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.4%, Realistic 13.1%, Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, First-Person 10.6%
- #31 The Parking Garage
76% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Marukereba Studio
Windows
Spot the "anomalies." One wrong call sends you back to square one. "The Parking Garage" is a first-person anomaly-spotting walking simulator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.4%, Mystery 12.7%, Horror 9.7%, Exploration 9.5%, Realistic 7.9%
- #32 Chestnut Grove
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Philip Drobar
Windows · Mac
How do you go about your life when self-isolation has become the new normal? CHESTNUT GROVE is based on my personal experience of quarantine and features 100% real documents and notices.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40%, Adventure 21.7%, Exploration 12.7%, First-Person 11%, Dark 7.3%
- #33 Allophobia
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amel
Windows
17 Horror rooms simulating common phobias. Are you afraid of spiders, cockroaches, snakes, heights, fire, being buried alive? Enter the black doors and conquer your fears!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #34 REliC
75% matchNo user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: WEM3
Windows
WEM3 presents their debut horror adventure! Wield your camera to materialize invisible entities and reveal the hidden truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41%, Adventure 23%, Exploration 13%, First-Person 12.3%, Horror 9.9%
- #35 Selling Souls
76% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
Something is wrong with this store
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.3%, Adventure 20.3%, Horror 16.1%, First-Person 15.6%, Exploration 9.2%
- #36 御祝呪 -oshukuju-
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: TENJO GAMES
Windows
This is the story of curse and blessing hidden under a bloodline. Tamako wakes up to see an unfamiliar ceiling. She seeks an escape from the mansion, through traces of distorted feelings. “Novel-to-Experience” Adventure Horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.5%, Adventure 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 11.4%, Exploration 10.1%
- #37 White
73% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: VoVora Games
Windows
This is a first-person adventure game where you simply make your way through a white room. How did I end up lost in a place like this?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Adventure 18.1%, Action-Adventure 16.5%, Exploration 9.5%, First-Person 7.5%
- #38 Tales of Fear - Episode Zero
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MediaTale
Windows
Can you tell the difference between truth and tale? Experience three short horror stories and gather clues as to which are true and which are just part of our imagination. Immerse yourself in the protagonist's perspective and discover eerie tales from around the world.
Why similar: Adventure 15.2%, Horror 12.6%, Mystery 12.5%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Walking Simulator 10.4%
- #39 Slender: The Arrival VR
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Perp Games
Windows
Slender: The Arrival returns more terrifying than ever, now in VR.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Action-Adventure 13%, Exploration 10.2%, Horror 10.1%, First-Person 8.6%
- #40 Possession
73% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Taleon
Windows
The story begins as the protagonist receives a cursed doll and starts suffering from recurring nightmares. Players explore dark environments and face fear through various horror elements. The game offers two different endings and delivers a short but intense horror experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.9%, Adventure 18.1%, Exploration 11.2%, First-Person 10.8%, Mystery 7.1%
- #41 Kach
75% matchVery Positive81% of 292 reviews2022
Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
Windows · Mac
On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Adventure 16.1%, Horror 12.9%, Exploration 8.5%, Dark 8.1%
- #42 9 To Ashes
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Noctavera Creative Works
Windows
Survive an intense horror inspired by Indonesian folklore. Evade the cunning Tuyul and other astral beings, explore eerie, haunted environments, and uncover sinister secrets hidden within the supernatural darkness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.7%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Exploration 12.6%, First-Person 8.2%, Adventure 7.5%
- #43 Unanswered
70% matchPositive96% of 48 reviews2026
Dev: WhiteRoot Studio
Windows
You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, First-Person 12.2%, Adventure 11.8%, Horror 11.7%
- #44 Pachiko
72% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Sige
Windows
You've been trapped in a looping space by Pachiko's mischief! Find the anomaly, choose the right path, and aim for the goal!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Adventure 18.1%, Mystery 11.8%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #45 Nightmare Within
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: David Pankov
Windows
Nightmare Within - Immerse yourself in the dark and unsettling atmosphere of psychological horror. Explore shifting locations, uncover fragments of memories, and reveal a story where reality fractures under the weight of guilt.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Psychological Horror 10%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, First-Person 9.9%, Horror 9.8%
- #46 Hotdog Butcher
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crystal Shark Games
Windows
The colorful lights of the carnival, laughter, and the sound of music. Everything seems ordinary as you serve your customers from your hotdog truck. But as the night grows deeper… the crowd fades, the lights go out and something starts watching you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, First-Person 8.9%, Horror 8.8%, Adventure 8.6%
- #47 All Alone
71% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: sur
Windows
A missing father, a mysterious murder, paintings depicting missing children. A Short horror game in which the protagonist, who has lost his memory, is forced to get to a horrific truth. Who in the world are you?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Realistic 12.4%, Horror 12.4%, Adventure 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #48 Backward poiesis
70% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: sur
Windows
A short walking simulator with a horror feel that recreates actual found footage, which can be related to Liminal Space and Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.7%, Exploration 14.5%, First-Person 11.7%, Horror 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #49 Tuya
71% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Taiga
Windows
A frightening experience in the Japanese countryside!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.5%, Adventure 20.4%, Horror 15.5%, First-Person 11.6%, Exploration 8.3%
- #50 Engraving
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raffaele Picca
Windows · Linux
In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.5%, Horror 17.5%, Adventure 16.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, First-Person 10.9%
- #51 Perpetuo
67% matchPositive84% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Nightwolf Games
Windows
An apartment caught in a loop. A missing sister. A ritual gone wrong. Perpetuo is a first-person psychological horror game where each cycle changes the house, rewrites the story, and pushes you beyond the apartment into places that maybe shouldn’t exist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Adventure 20.1%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Realistic 12.6%, First-Person 11.7%
- #52 INVARIANT
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gorgonize Games
Windows
INVARIANT is a first-person psychological horror game. Step into the shattered mind of a mathematician. Rely on your destructive addiction to bend reality, explore ever-changing environments, and hide from the terrifying manifestations of your grief. Truth and lies are a sip apart.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.8%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Adventure 10.9%, Realistic 9.5%, Horror 8.6%
- #53 The Haunted Keepsake
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Hazard Digital
Windows
Step into The Haunted Keepsake, a first-person horror game where you investigate an abandoned farmhouse plagued by a dark, vengeful presence. Uncover chilling secrets of a family tragedy, break a curse tied to a haunted doll, and survive the spirits haunting the grounds.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39%, Adventure 21%, Realistic 12.7%, First-Person 11.9%, Horror 7.9%
- #54 Angstraum
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: suspkt
Windows
Angstraum is an oppressive horror game that traps you in a threatening, never-ending loop. Observe your surroundings, uncover deviant anomalies, and escape deadly threats to find the exit.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Realistic 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 9.6%
- #55 Shafted
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Large Lads
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you explore an abandoned mine, uncover its dark secrets, and survive terrifying creatures lurking in the claustrophobic tunnels.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Horror 11.9%, Adventure 10.9%, Dark 9.7%, Mystery 9.4%
- #56 The Lecture: Classroom 1.09
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Goat Tower Games
Windows
You are trying to reach classroom 1.09. Nobody is around, and the atmosphere feels wrong. Trapped in looping corridors, your only way out is to observe carefully, spot anomalies, and choose the right door… or remain trapped.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, First-Person 9.7%, Horror 9.3%, Exploration 7.6%
- #57 My Day Challenge
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: MindlessFinn
Windows
A short, atmospheric horror experience about daily life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.8%, Horror 14.9%, Exploration 13.7%, Adventure 12.6%, First-Person 11.1%
- #58 Parking Garage Anomaly
66% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Midnight Moonlight Games
Windows
Explore a haunted parking garage in this first-person horror adventure. Uncover mysteries and anomalies as you progress through the floors. Reach the 10th floor to find out who or what has been haunting this place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Exploration 13.3%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #59 Mr Wonder
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fume Software
Windows
Explore an abandoned creator’s studio in this dark psychological horror experience. Survive lethal traps and twisted challenges. Uncover hidden secrets and the truth behind Mr Wonder.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Adventure 13.2%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #60 River God: Enshrouded Current
67% matchMixed56% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Screations
Windows
Embark on a journey with "River God: Enshrouded Current," where an ancient village battles a curse woven into its very fabric. Uncover the secrets of a malevolent priest whose dark rituals connect the village to a realm beyond life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 8.7%, Psychological Horror 7.4%